Senators hailed the second reading approval Tuesday of the awaited Marawi compensation bill, affirming it was time to pay back the victims of the 2017 Marawi siege that destroyed a good part of the once progressive Islamic city. “We need to give social justice to Marawi victims,” stressed Senate Majority…
ON the occasion of the fourth year commemoration of the “liberation of Marawi” from an extremist siege, a party-list lawmaker on Monday urged Congress to fast-track the promised rehabilitation to the war-torn city through the immediate passage of the Marawi Compensation bill. Anak Mindanao Party-list Rep. Amihilda Sangcopan, in a…
(File photo) MANILA - A Mindanao lawmaker on Monday appealed to President Rodrigo Duterte to certify as urgent a measure providing monetary compensation for residents affected by the Marawi City siege. Anak Mindanao Party-list Rep. Amihilda Sangcopan said the immediate passage of the Marawi Compensation bill would help fast-track the promised rehabilitation to the war-torn city and the immediate return of the people to their homes. "One doesn't have to experience war to identify with the hardships of the people of Marawi. As a member of Congress, we are hoping and praying that the Marawi Compensation Act be legislated and commuted to Malacanang to become a law before the end of the year," said Sangcopan. The bill already hurdled committee level at the Senate, while the House has already approved its version on final reading in September. "The people of Marawi all wish to go home. Let us give them the chance to feel the normalcy of life back, a life they used to have
Senator Sonny Angara on Sunday said it is high time that the government prioritizes programs that would enable residents of Marawi City to rebuild their homes after being displaced by the five-month long armed conflict in 2017. Angara noted it has been four years since the Marawi City siege occu